What to Expect in Android P at Google I/O 2018: Refreshed Material Design, Slices and More

This year’sGoogle I/Owill kick-off in Mountain View, California next week. There are a whole host of major announcements expected, covering Google’s entire range of products and services including Android, Wear OS, Chrome OS, the Google Assistant, Android Auto, and more.

One of the biggest announcements at this year’s Google I/O will undoubtedly be the next major update for its mobile operating system –Android P.

Android P at Google I/O

While Google has already released the first developer preview forAndroid P, the release is quite barebones and doesn’t highlight all the changes that are expected in the next iteration of Android.

At the conference, Google is expected to go into detail about the next version of Android and might possibly drop more teasers about what it may be called. Even though Google hasn’t revealed any information regarding its Android-related announcements, here’s everything you can expect from the company next week:

It’s worth noting that Google hasn’t officially revealed much about its Android plans at least as far as the keynote is concerned. Of course a bunch of Google’s Android apps will also be updated and we could see new apps being launched as well.There are murmurs of wider RCS support for Android phones, which if true, would indeed take up a large portion of the Android-centric announcements.

For the full low-down on everything new inAndroid Pandother Google announcements, tune in to our extensive coverage of Google I/O 2018 next week.

Pranob Mehrotra

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